On May 14, 2020, what will become known as the People’s Vaccine Alliance (PVA) is started by a press release about open letter signed by more than 140 influences and activists “calling on all governments to unite behind a people’s vaccine against COVID-19” The “movement” is coordinated by Oxfam and USAIDS.
Humanity today, in all its fragility, is searching for an effective and safe vaccine against COVID-19. It is our best hope of putting a stop to this painful global pandemic….
Only a people’s vaccine — with equality and solidarity at its core — can protect all of humanity and get our societies safely running again. A bold international agreement cannot wait. …In doing so, no one can be left behind – The Letter states
On June 4, 2020 at the Global Vaccine Summit, the United Nations Director General repeated the mantra:
A COVID-19 vaccine must be seen as a global public good, a People’s Vaccine
By September 17, 2020 Oxfam “warns” that a small group of rich nations, representing just 13 percent of the world’s population, have bought up 51%, more than half of the promised doses of leading COVID-19 vaccine candidates, as the health and finance ministers of G20 countries meet the same day to discuss the global pandemic. [3]
Then on September 29, 2020 Oxfam promotes that 242 COVID-19 survivors “from 37 countries are among almost 1,000 people who have signed an open letter to pharmaceutical industry leaders calling for a ‘People’s vaccine’ and treatments that are available to all.” [3]
“People’s Vaccine Alliance is a coalition of organisations and activists united under a common aim of campaigning for a ‘people’s vaccine’ for COVID-19 that is based on shared knowledge and is freely available to everyone everywhere. A global common good. It is coordinated by Oxfam and UNAIDS ” [2] October 22, 2020 was the first archive of the PVA website.